We are pleased to announce that our civic association TRAKT, in cooperation with the city of Žilina, is preparing a unique New Year’s Eve experience. We will decorate beautiful Žilina with an enchanting light show – video mapping, which will come to life on the facade of the Church of the Conversion of St. Paul on Marian Square. We want the New Year’s Eve night in Žilina to be unforgettable. Videomapping is a modern and visually impressive way to celebrate the arrival of the New Year and create an atmosphere of joy and anticipation. We have prepared a stunning visual spectacle that will transport you into a world of fantasy. You will witness a unique symbiosis of art, technology and architecture.
When and where?
When: New Year’s Eve, 31 December 2024, we start a few seconds before midnight
Where: Marian Square, Žilina (on the facade of the Church of the Conversion of St. Paul)
Light Art Festival will light up Trenčín for the first time. The “Rehearsal of Lights” awaits us!
The newly emerging LAF Light Art Festival is organizing its first event called The Trial of Lights, which will take place on 15 November 2024 at the Peace Square in Trencin. The dominant feature of the programme will be the lighting of an eight-metre high installation created by Czech light art artist Lukáš Dřevjany. The work will be the first of this size in Trenčín and will also be an interactive creation. This means that what will be displayed on the installation will be directly influenced by people’s movements.
The rehearsal of the lights will start on Friday, 15 November at 7.30 pm. The following days will offer the experience from 8am to 10pm, until Sunday 24 November. The event will be a taster of what the first edition of the LAF, which will take place from 11-13 April 2025, will subsequently bring on a larger scale.
Come and enjoy culture and creativity and experience Trenčín in a new light.
Are you interested in the light work Fragment, which is located on Peace Square? Come to a guided tour by its author, Czech digital artist Lukáš Dřevjaný. You will learn how the work works, get answers to your curious questions and find out more than you can fit on the information board.
Sunday 24.11.2024 at the Fragment installation
5:00 to 5:30 p.m.
from 18:00 to 18:30
You can visit the light work Fragment at Mierovo Square until 24 November. Then it will be replaced by the traditional Christmas tree.
About the work and its author
The light installation “Fragment” was designed by Czech artist Lukáš Dřevjaný alias oxoo, who uses screens, moving lights or lasers in his work. For him, light is a means to bring powerful experiences. It is the same in Trenčín. In addition to its monumental dimensions, the work also attracts attention with its interactive content. What is displayed on the installation will be directly influenced by people’s movements.
Lukáš Dřevjaný is a digital artist who combines abstract expressionism and contemporary technologies to create interactive audio-visual creations. His works tell a story of the tension between chaos and order, technology and humanity. Dřevjaný studied theatrical lighting and sound design at JAMU in Brno and at The Theatre Academy in Helsinki (Finland). More at www.oxoo.digital.
On 16 November 2023, together with the City of Kremnica, we celebrated a historical milestone – the 695th anniversary of the granting of city privileges. The Kremnica Acropolis and Stefanik Square witnessed a unique event that brought the community together and celebrated the rich history of this beautiful city. An early evening parade started in front of the Acropolis, heading towards the town hall, and brought a wonderful experience full of light, colour and joy.
At the end, we met at the Municipal Office, where a varied programme awaited us. The Fokoš mining choir brought us an unforgettable musical experience, along with speeches, video-mapping on the Municipal Office building and folk music by the Majer family. Together we created a memorable moment in the history of Kremnica. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to more celebrations together!
The continuation of Tales from Trenčín brought visitors the story of the last Trenčín executioner Matej. An extraordinary open-air show, full of spectacular light displays and unique acrobatic performances. The story took place in the centre of Trenčín, right on the Peace Square. The spectators could see the show on 30 June 2023 or 1 July 2023 from 9.30 pm, starting at the Elizabeth Hotel. Oskar Tadlánek from the Normani fencing group played the main role of the executioner Matej. The author of the story and director of the night show is Vlado Kulíšek. Projections and video mapping were created by TRAKT.
Snowflakes adorn the pavements like tiny diamonds, but the joy is fleeting. To make this magic last longer, the TRAKT association in cooperation with the city of Trenčín has prepared an interactive installation, especially for the little ones. The main roles will be played by various snowflakes, which will materialize on the ground thanks to the projection and invite children to dance or chase. The snowflakes will be waiting for you on the stage in Peace Square in Trencin in December 2021 and January 2022 on designated “dance days” – every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 16:00 to 20:00.
The Festival of lights and shadow in the heart of Slovakia came into existence in 2015 on the occasion of the UN declaration of that year as the International Year of lights and light-based technologies. The aim of this step is to remind people across the world of what a significant role light and optical technologies play in the everyday life and in the future development of our society.
Our festival will bring an adaptation of a subject of MEMORY into the public space of the city of Banská Bystrica with the help of contemporary artists in December 2021. Many artists work with the subject of memory, often to record something for future generations. Others prefer to disrupt the memory in unexpected ways to change the methods by which we look at the past. How does the art influence our collective memory? And how can it inform our experience about significant events of our time?
We want to do art that tells stories. Stories about personal and cultural memory. Art is open to interpretation. Memory of the past is not a clear story. It is a combination of opinions from different points of view.
In the period from 20.8. – On August 23, 2020, a big film happening will take place in Trenčín on Mierovo náměstí and its adjacent streets and businesses (ArtKino Metro Trenčín, Cafe Sladkovič, Paddock, Blok Bar). More than 30 films from all over the world, a large OPEN AIR cinema on Mierovo náměstí, film premieres, guests, the best films of the Áčko festival, musical performances, DJs, mapping, themed parties.
TRAKT is preparing the implementation of a repeat of a project from 2018 called Overlaps of videomapping. Specific videomapping was created and prepared by Veronika Šmírová, Adam Daniš, Lukáš Matejka, Pavol Soukal, Ľubomír Slovinský in collaboration with Štefan Oliš.
Where do you have the opportunity to look at it? On the facade of the Piarist Church. When? August 21, 2020 after dark.
The Christmas markets at Peace Square in Trenčín will start on 5 December 2019 with the arrival of St. Nicholas and will end on 22 December 2019. TRAKT will conclude on 21 and 22 December from 5 pm to 8 pm with an innovated visual project that will be presented for the third time . The embroidered tower will be seen by the public after dark with a large-screen projection directly on the facade of the City Tower.
Did you hear from the elders about the amazing atmosphere of keying in 89’s? Or have you been yanking yourself? In the work of Pavel Soukal and Lukáš Matejka, you can take out the keys again and experience some of these extraordinary events. But you can’t do it alone, you’ll have to connect with other people. Exactly as in November 89. Your joint rumble will begin an interactive visual demolition of the wall projected in your city. The reward for visual demolition efforts will be to reveal unique photographs from the Velvet Revolution. Who knows, maybe you meet your parents there, or yourself thirty years ago.
The civic association TRAKT together with the Férová O2 Foundation and the Trnava Self-Governing Region prepared an audiovisual installation that will travel together with the exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Overall, the exhibition will be in seven cities within Trnava region.
Authors: Mgr.art. Pavol Soukal art. Lukáš Matejka Producer: Patrik Kubizna The work was created with the support of the Férová O2 Foundation and the Trnava Self-Governing Region.
How do the authors perceive November 89?
As creative artists and contemporary artists, we perceive the events of November 89 as a fusion of an active society that wanted to make a difference for all of us. This change was only possible because we, as a company, were able to connect, we were a collective hero who could not be broken on our way to freedom. Today, our society is polarized by various themes – groups – communities that often divide us out of mind. We want to show our interactive work how active and connecting people are today.
Place and dates of implementation:
Sereď, at the Town Hall – 6. 11. 2019
Senica – 8. 11. 2019
Galanta, at the Municipal Office – November 15, 2019
Trnava, Courtyard – 17. 11. 2019
Piešťany – 18 November 2019
Skalica – Nov 19, 2019
Hlohovec, Cinema Smile – 20. 11. 2019
Symbolism in the work:
Demolishing a wall that reveals photos. – The symbol of an imaginary wall that surrounded our country and prevented us from seeing the truth, not only here but also abroad. The falling wall symbolizes the fall mode.
The revelation of the period photography symbolizes the revelation of truth, hope, freedom, human authenticity.
Each viewer can only tear down part of the wall, but only together they collapse the whole wall. A symbol of social change and the importance of joining for the benefit of all of us. Although I can change a small part myself, I need active people around me to change the whole.
The keys trigger the wall to fall. The keyhole has become a symbol of the Velvet Revolution, this link will allow us to illustrate the atmosphere of the moments displayed in the photographs.
“Freedom is not self-evident” – the motto complementing this work shows that the struggle for freedom never ends and never ends. Only by our activity and interest in public affairs will we guard our freedom.
In 2019 the Festival of Light and Shadow is expanding from the public space of Banská Bystrica to “Little Rome” to Trnava. In Trnava’s environment, the project will not offer viewers a superficial superficial lighting “show”, but will present contemporary visual and lighting art in the public space of the historical center.
Young art projects will sensitively open the theme of the union in their wide cultural and social spectrum by their ideological legacy. Projects will focus on networking, collaboration (multi-generation, multi-genre, cross-species), networking, networking, connectivity and finding new ways. The festival’s priority is to provide space for young, un-established artists from Slovakia and the European environment. The festival wants to be the engine at the start of their professional artistic career. We want to inspire, educate and entertain the general public. We promise to the public, viewers and visitors truly unusual experiences. When? 20 September 2019 after dark.
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